Cause for Sainthood

ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — An annual procession to Father Augustus Tolton’s gravesite in Illinois will be joined next year by pilgrims walking the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage en route …

This week there has been much occasion to pray along with the news. OSV News has covered the murder of Ugandan students, anti-Christian sentiment in the Holy Land, violence and …

ORLANDO, Fla. (OSV News) — Meeting in Orlando for their spring assembly, the U.S. bishops moved ahead on some efforts to advance the church’s mission in the U.S., including new …

It’s been a short week thanks to the Memorial Day holiday here in the U.S., but still a busy one for OSV News.  Besides putting several interesting stories on the …

BUENOS AIRES (OSV News) — Bishop Santiago Olivera of the Military Ordinariate of Argentina celebrated Mass May 11 to honor Blessed Bishop Mamerto Esquiú on his feast day. “Blessed Friar …

(OSV News) — Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, a community of contemplative Benedictine sisters in rural Missouri were preparing for as many as 10,000 pilgrims to flock to their monastery …

I’ve met many saintly people in my life, but rarely do they make the news.  Years ago, I took photos of the consecration of the Abbey of Our Lady of …

STOWE, Vt. (OSV News) — One hundred and eighty years ago Ira Dutton was born in Stowe on farmland upon which now stands Blessed Sacrament Church. “No one at that …

UPDATE 9/5/2023: The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints clarified Sept. 5 that in including the Ulmas’ seventh child in the family’s Sept. 10 beatification, it had considered the child …

ARBUTUS, Md. (OSV News) — The canonization cause of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the world’s first sustained women’s religious community for Black women, has taken a step forward. Sister …